Without doubt, the book everyone is talking about in 2024, don’t miss this chance to hear from the multi-award-winning author of Praiseworthy, the first book to have received both the Stella Prize and the Miles Franklin Award, and the first author to win the Stella Prize twice.
Described as “the most ambitious and accomplished Australian novel of this century” by the New York Times Book Review, Praiseworthy is an epic set in the north of Australia, told with the richness of language and scale of imagery for which Alexis Wright has become renowned. Providing not only a deep knowledge of the text, but also the capacity to explore the author-publisher relationship, Alexis (via Zoom) is joined in conversation by director of Giramondo Publishing Company, Ivor Indyk.
Please note that Alexis Wright will be appearing via Zoom.
Alexis Wright is a member of the Waanyi nation. She is the author of the prize-winning novels Carpentaria, The Swan Book, and, most recently, Praiseworthy. Her works of non-fiction include Take Power, Grog War, and Tracker. Alexis has won numerous literary awards, including the Miles Franklin and the Stella Prize. Praiseworthy was also shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. She is the inaugural winner of the Creative Australia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.
Ivor Indyk is a writer and director of Giramondo Publishing Company. He is Emeritus Professor in the Writing and Society Research Centre at Western Sydney University, was the founding editor of HEAT magazine and co-founder of the Sydney Review of Books.
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